Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

README.txt by Chelsea Manning

20 reviews

rachbake's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Islamophobia, Suicide attempt, Outing, Dysphoria, and War

nibs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative medium-paced

4.75

I read this as the March book for a queer lit bookclub. 
This book made me think. I knew the US military was cooked, but seeing the insideous and complicated ways this played out in Chelsea's life was something else. I really respected her writing - she was honest about her flaws and actions, including negative things. She's a real human and she'd explain the emotions behind these actions - not to gain sympathy but as a fact-based explanation on what lead to those actions. 
She got to tell her own story, something she mentions throughout the book as being important to her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Transphobia, Outing, Dysphoria, and War

cimmalex's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

2.25

I’m not sure what was going on with the narration, but you could tell where a passage started and stopped. Whoever did the editing did a really poor job. It kind of ruined the listening experience

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Grief, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and War

lowbrowhighart's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Suicide attempt, Dysphoria, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Police brutality, Outing, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Medical content, and Gaslighting

amaezone's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Homophobia

Moderate: Racism, Rape, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

heaven29's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Homophobia, and Islamophobia

maddb_96's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and War

Minor: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, and Suicide attempt

inamerata's review against another edition

challenging dark informative

3.5

A difficult but important book. It's good to learn more about things in her own words, and it's impressive how much she was able to disclose even with censors.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, and War

Moderate: Racism, Sexual assault, Torture, and War

Minor: Child abuse

laura_crowther's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicide, and Transphobia

magneto's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Transphobia, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Deadnaming, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Outing, and War

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders